What You Need to Know About Aadhaar Card Bill?

Thinking what does it mean by Aadhar Card Bill? The Aadhar card bill is introduced by the Minister of Finance, Mr. Arun Jaitley on 2016. The main intention of this bill is to provide the delivery of subsidies and services to the residents in India by allocating them unique identity number, called Aadhaar number.

What You Need to Know About Aadhar Card Bill

Eligibility Criteria

Regardless of age, every resident in India shall be permitted to obtain an Aadhar card number.

Documents to be submitted

You need to submit your biometric information such as photograph, IRS scan, 10 fingers print and demographic information such as data of birth and address.

Enrolment Process

During enrollment process, the verification and authentication will be done by the officials and you will be informed with all the details including: With whom your Aadhar card information will be shared, the right to access the information and how the information will be used. After verifying all these details and the information provided by you, the Aadhar card will be issued.

Uses of Aadhar Bill

Aadhar Bill alias called as Aadhar Card Number is used as the identity for the individual for receiving a government subsidy, a service or subscribing a new scheme. If you do not have an Aadhar card number, the government will ask you to apply the one. You can also use the Aadhar card number as a valid proof for both public and private entity for any purpose.

Protection of Aadhar Bill Information

Biometric information and other kinds of information collected from you for the purpose of Aadhar card bill will be used only for Aadhar card enrolment and authentication process. such information will not be shared or disclosed to anyone except for the uses specified by the UIDAI regulatory.

Aadhar is Not Mandatory

While introducing the new Aadhar bill, Mr. Arun Jaitley states that having an Aadhar card is not mandatory. But, if the people below a certain income wish to avail the schemes and subsidies offered by the Government of India then the need of Aadhar Card is mandatory

Aadhar Card Not a Proof of Citizenship

The bill states that the Aadhar card or Aadhar card number should not be used as a proof of citizenship or domicile.

Offences and Forfeits

For any unauthorized access to the centralized Aadhar card database and revealing any stored information, a person maybe punished with jail upto three years and minimum penalty of Rs 10 lakhs.

On the final recap

There are many information privacy and surveillance issues when it comes to Aadhar card bill. But on the flip side there’s a bright side. Yeah…Aadhaar can be now used as a single valid proof instead of submitting the multiple proof documents — ration card, PAN, bank statements! 🙂